[tlhIngan Hol] prefix on {pong}

[SuStel]

On 7/25/2019 1:05 PM, mayqel qunen'oS wrote:
> romuluSnganvaD romuluS puqloD ponglu'
> someone calls the romulan "son of romulus"
>
> romuluSnganpu'vaD romuluS puqloDpu' luponglu'
> someone calls the romulans "sons of romulus"
>
> Is the above correct ? I can't think any reason it's wrong, but there
> is something strange in seeing the {ponglu'} having the {lu-} prefix.
>
> Perhaps it's because I rarely see "someone will call them". I don't know..

When the object of a *-lu'* verb is third-person plural, you use the 
*lu-* prefix. Your sentences are correct.

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SuStel
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